Tim Britton on the O's: With the third-best record in baseball, the question is just how aggressive Baltimore will be in buying at the deadline. Mike Elias’ track record points to some caution. Last summer, with his team surprisingly on the cusp of the wild-card race, Elias still acted as a strategic seller — a move that’s paid some dividends for this iteration of the Orioles. Over the winter, after suggesting he’d be a big spender, he instead opted for smaller moves. Until he behaves differently, that will remain the expectation.

"Holliday tore up Low-A Delmarva to start the season and hit even better once he first arrived in High-A Aberdeen, including a .384/.509/.628 line in May. Some regression to the mean was inevitable, and after getting on base three times in Sunday’s matinee game at Wilmington, he’s hitting .222/.385/.319 in June. Same player, two arbitrary samples, determined by attempts to track the phases of the moon. Holliday is still getting on base, still making contact at almost exactly the same rate in June as in May, running into some bad luck and making somewhat softer contact."

While Cano and Bautista garner most of the early national attention, Coulombe has been having a great season as well.

On Rutschman: "I’ve said this really since day one. His talent is off the charts. Everyone knows that. But the way he goes about his business, his work ethic, who he is as a person, as a teammate, makes him even better. He’s a great guy to work with and we have a really good working relationship and friendship."